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Should I wave the Iranian flag at a protest in America (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 14 hours ago by solidheron@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I will avoid saying why I'm planning on doing it now only because it will color people's interpretation of why I'm doing it.

Hopefully my Iran flag will come in time, but it will the a 3' by 5' flag and it will tough be 10' in the air and I will be with other protestors.

I have waves the Palestine flag in multiple previous protests and I get the sense that people don't recognize it like the LGBT flag

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[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 18 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I will avoid saying why I’m planning on doing it now only because it will color people’s interpretation of why I’m doing it.

Flags are symbolic—they exist to communicate, and the only criterion to judge their appropriateness is whether they communicate the intended message to the intended audience.

Without knowing your intended message, it’s impossible to say whether or not you should use one in a given context.

[–] solidheron@sh.itjust.works 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I know. Kinda want to figure out what someone waving an Iranian flag at a protest would mean to an American.

If I gave my reason then it would add to meaning of waving Iranian flag

[–] RiverRock@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

I would see it and see someone who is too smart to be caught up in nationalist bullshit: who understands that regardless of one's feelings about the government of Iran, it's currently the tip of the spear against the US-zionist empire threatening the world and committing genocide, and is therefore the enemy of my enemy. Because when the world hegemon comes knocking with bombs on girl's schools, you wage indigenous struggle with the army you have, not the army you want. And the army they have has been shaping itself in anticipation of this for decades, and stands a very good chance at breaking the back of both American imperialism and the occupiers of Palestine: which is why the Resistance there supports them too.

[–] solidheron@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 hours ago

Yeah I articulate it as Iran is another front against the Epstien class/America empire. Empire taking on more fronts effectively means more allies. Iran is fighting with violence and I'm hoping to get people organized in the US to resist in more peaceful ways